Current Announcements
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NEW
I have added the code for
ptrs2fncs_argcv.c,
which tests qsort on arrays of random numbers which are settable
by command line arguments.
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The class is in-person.
The lectures will start on Tuesday, January 13, 2026 at 6pm in SAS 1220.
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In addition, the Zoom video recordings of the 2021 lectures are on Moodle
accessible via
https://wolfware.ncsu.edu.
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This web site is from where you obtain the programs discussed in class and
the programming project descriptions.
The links are in the
syllabus.
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Ken Thompson's Turing Award Lecture on trusting trust is at
https://amturing.acm.org/lectures.cfm#thompson_4588371
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Pavan Dayal's 2021 Python Jupyter notebooks are on Moodle. The code posted in
the syllabus is from the previous two classes taught by Mark Lavin in 2011 and
2018.
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Individually, you can email me. You will submit your programming projects
by email.
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My office hours, to be held online via Zoom,
are listed on my schedule.
I may record the office hours.
I have posted the ID on top of the Moodle web page.
The website https://ncsu.zoom.us/j/<ID> where <ID> is the
ID may work.
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There are no examinations, and the programming projects are the sole
parameter used to determine the course grade. Two fully
functional programs will get you an A, three an A+.
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In
Spring 2024,
Spring 2023,
Spring 2021,
Spring 2020,
Spring 2018,
Spring 2011,
Spring 2008,
Fall 2004,
Fall 2003,
Fall 2002,
Fall 2000,
Fall 1999
and Fall 1998
a similar course was given.
NOTE: in 2011 coverage was switched from Java to Python, which is used
extensively in the Sage
computer algebra platform.
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